64th Annual Grammy Awards rescheduled with new date and location

The 64th Annual Grammy Awards have been rescheduled and will now take place on April 3, it has been announced.

The Recording Academy and CBS confirmed that the award show will be broadcast live from MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

The event, which is regarded as music’s biggest night, was originally scheduled to take place on January 31 in Los Angeles but it was postponed due to concerns over coronavirus.

The Record Academy wrote on Twitter: “The 64th #GRAMMYs have been rescheduled and will now be broadcast live from the @MGMGrand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 3 on @CBS!”

CBS, who will air the 2022 ceremony, added in a Tweet: “new date, new location, still Music’s Biggest Night.”

Comedian Trevor Noah, who is the host of the satirical late-night talkshow The Daily Show, is due to return to host the award show.

Earlier in the month, the Recording Academy and CBS released a statement announcing they had made the decision to postpone the 64th awards show after “careful consideration and analysis” with city and state officials, health and safety experts, the artist community and their partners.

The statement continued: “The health and safety of those in our music community, the live audience, and the hundreds of people who work tirelessly to produce our show remains our top priority.

“Given the uncertainty surrounding the Omicron variant, holding the show on January 31 simply contains too many risks.”

Musician and Oscar winner Jon Batiste leads the nominations for the 64th award show with 11 nods including album of the year and record of the year.

Other artists nominated in multiple categories include Justin Bieber, Doja Cat, H.E.R. Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo and Lil Nas X.

Earlier this year, the Recording Academy made several major changes to the awards process, including the removal of controversial review committees, following criticism from A-list stars.

The body said nominations for the general and genre fields would now be voted on by a majority of members rather than anonymous groups of experts from within the academy.

Critics had argued it left too much power in the hands of faceless and unaccountable committees and artists of colour have long said the system resulted in them missing out on the more prestigious categories.

Two new categories were also announced in the form of best global music performance, in the global music field, and best musica urbana album in the Latin music field.

The total number of Grammy categories now stands at 86.